Day 11/12

Day 12 – A movie that you hate
Sorry I missed a day!
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

Director: 

Adam McKay 0/10
I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for posting this movie as a movie I hate, but... I hate this movie so much. I don't know why I hate it! My friends all love it, we all have the same type of humor. Just the cheap jokes get to me, and I don't think Will Ferrell is as funny as he thinks he is. I've watched this movie two-three times, and I've never enjoyed it. Oh well.







Day 11 – A movie that changed your opinion about something

The Dark Knight (2008)

Director: 

Christopher Nolan 9/10
This movie changed my mind about a lot of things. About Christopher Nolan as a director. He is one of the best directors there are, and before this movie, I didn't really see him that way. I also really love the characters, batman and the joker. The main thing where the opinions of the actors. Christian Bale has always been a eh.. actor for me, and Heath Ledger to me was that guy from Brokeback Mountain. Christian Bale, along with his great performance from The Fighter, is now an amazing artist in my eyes. The Joker, Heath Ledger is what makes the movie and this really makes me sad that he died before making more movies.

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Cigarettes

New York City has increased the area where people cannot smoke, a no-smoking area. The no-smoking area has increased by 29,000 acres. Thats pretty damn big.

now that it is illegal to light up in parks and on beaches, the New York Post reported Tuesday.

 That sounds pretty fascist to me. Honestly the smell of others smoking does bother me. But if I take a few steps away, I'm fine. Do we really need to make sure there is no one in the park smoking? Where else is it going to be illegal to smoke after this. And if I'm not mistaken, this sort of contradicts something. That something would be our amendments.

Amendment 10 - The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

I'm no expert on the constitution or the amendments so I could be wrong. Feel free to mention other infractions :D. I've also always thought that the ban on all restaurants was silly as well. The owners should be allowed to decide if smoking in their property is okay or not. I'm really tired of all this anti smoking propaganda that gets passed around. People are going to do what they want, and people know it slowly kills you. Leave people be.

I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.  ~Robert Frost

Source: http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/manysmokers-defy-new-york-city-expanded-ban-20110524-ncx

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Day 10 – Favorite classic movie

Day 10 – Favorite classic movie

Seven Samurai (1954)

Director: 

Akira Kurosawa 10/10
I'm not to sure what this movie challenge means by 'classic movie' but I chose Seven Samurai anyways. This movie is really long, but it is another one of my favorites for sure. I love samurai movies, this might be the best of them. Most violent films fail to show the  repercussions of the violence itself. This movie doesn't ignore the consequences. This movie gets to my savage side, I like seeing the bad guy get cut up and lose. This movie is pretty dark, a enemy would be knocked off his horse, and try to crawl away while the villagers would stab him. I recommend it!

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End of the world

May 21, 2001. Today is supposed to be the end of the world.  This reminded me of one of my favorite songs, Ænema by Tool  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCEeAn6_QJo .

I honestly feel bad for the people who truly believed in this 'End of the world' crap. We were supposed to be hit by earthquakes and natural disasters while the chosen people would be taken to heaven.

Instead of a series of earthquakes hitting successive countries at 6pm local time and heralding The Rapture – in which millions of the Faithful would ascend to heaven before the Second Coming of Christ – planet Earth simply carried on and, mostly, kept calm.

These people went ahead and spent millions of dollars trying to 'warn' people of the coming of the end of the world.

Camping and his followers spent more than $100m worldwide on billboards and posters, financed by the sale and swap of radio stations.

I am an atheist, so obviously, I would never be convinced by this guy's predictions. And while I feel bad for these silly Christians who spend more then a 100 Million, I hope they all feel like dicks for creating a stir and making a mockery of their religion. Their 15 minutes of fame will soon be gone. This was a fun experience though, with all the 'let's do something before we die' offers, tell me, what did you do today?

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Day 09 – A movie with the best soundtrack

Day 09 – A movie with the best soundtrack

The Social Network! Just Kidding!

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Director: 

Stanley Kubrick 10/10
The other movie I would have chosen would have been A Clockwork Orange. This movie is so strange but at the same time the most brilliant movie I have ever seen. For people with no patients, this movie is definitely hard to watch, It is very slow. The music of this movie makes it even more epic. The models in this movie look so realistic that it blows away CGI effects completely. Kubrick truely was a genious. This movie was made to have an open interpretation of what it all means.

And by the way my hard drive is still acting up, so I'll probably buy a new one, but it's running fine for the mean time.

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Day 08 – A movie that you’ve seen countless times

Day 08 – A movie that you’ve seen countless times
Lazy today, might make an actual blog post later
Knocked Up (2007)

Director: 

Judd Apatow 10/10
When I watch a movie multiple times, it's usually a funny movie, excluding Requiem for a Dream. I have seen this movie so many times, I pretty much know everything that's going to happen. I love Knocked Up, seriously, it's great. Seth Rogen always gives me a laugh in any movie he plays, just look at his face, gets a giggle everytime. His roommates are hilarious too, just the whole situation with them is a funny thing. I recommend this movie for anyone who wants to laugh.

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My hard drive and Day 07 – The most surprising plot twist or ending

Well, it looks like my hard drive has taken a crap. In my past experience, hard drives problems slowly build up, that way you actually know there is something wrong. Mine, however, decided to stop working today randomly.

<-- This is from a screenshot I literally just took. Apparently chrome has corrupt files. Honestly guys, I don't know what to do other then just buy a new hard drive. Could it be possible that there is another problem? My blogs are going to be done for a while on my iPad while I try and get a new hard drive. And since this post is short, Ill just continue my movie challenge here.
Day 07 – The most surprising plot twist or ending

Oldboy (2003)

Director: 

Chan-wook Park 10/10

This is one of my favorite movies. I love everything about it, its so dark and amazing. This movie definitely has one of the biggest plot twists I have seen. It's pretty clever how the signs are there but at the same time it is completely unpredictable. The main character Oh Dae-Su is imprisoned for 15 years, and after he is released, the movie is spent trying to figure out who placed him there and why. This movie has an amazing fighting scene in a hallway that is completely realistic and the awesome thing is this long fight is all one uncut scene. This movie doesn't lack in blood and violence at all, its one of the most gritty movies I have seen. I recommend this for everyone who hasn't seen it. You don't know what you are missing. 

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